Re: Re: Issues with A2Z balsa wood?

From: Jake Palmer <82.jake_at_gmail.com>
Date: Fri, 1 Mar 2013 09:06:02 -0800

I've been using 1/32" A grain sheet I bought from Specialized Balsa a few
years ago. It's not the best wood, but the sheets were all in the weight
range I asked for and I've made some decent spars with it. If I need
anything thinner I sand it down. Some day I'm going to try cutting my own
spar wood on my table saw.

For all of my C grain wood I'm now buying exclusively from Nick Aikman. As
Kang said he has excellent communication and the wood I received was
exactly what I wanted.


On Fri, Mar 1, 2013 at 7:58 AM, Yuan Kang Lee <ykleetx_at_gmail.com> wrote:

> **
>
>
> I have had great experience with A2Z. When True Weight Balsa was sold, I
> bought lots of it, and each sheet met or exceeded my expectations. Almost
> all of the wood used on my EZB's have come from A2Z. There have been rare
> mix up's in the orders. Each time, they offered to replace and reship the
> items.
>
> I understand that TWB is no longer being produced, and the remaining
> non-"C" grain sheets are not the "unreal stiff" quality I look for. If more
> TWB sheets were to be produced, I would buy them. I understand that A2Z has
> a lot of uncut wood of the highest quality. I now buy all of my wood from
> Nick Aikman -- the wood quality is very high and Nick spends a lot of time
> communicating with you making sure what you order is what you really want
> or need.
>
> -Kang
>
>
> --- In Indoor_Construction_at_yahoogroups.com, Nick Ray wrote:
> >
> > Don,
> >
> > I have quit buying wood from them. The person Tim has in charge of the
> > balsa cutting operation has no idea about how to cut, grade, or ship
> indoor
> > balsa. I am now buying exclusively from Nick Aikman. At first A2Z was
> good
> > about replacing inappropriate or damaged sheets. However, over the last
> > year have become more or less indifferent. I also think that most of the
> > wood Lew cut has been sold and is now being replaced with lower quality
> > wood.
> >
> > Regards,
> >
> > Nick Ray
> >
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